Australia kick Windies in 3 days

Australia’s win was their second-largest feat over a West Indies in 114 Tests between a sides

James Pattinson took 5-27 as Australia kick a West Indies by an innings and 212 runs in a initial Test in Hobart.

Australia wrapped adult a feat in 3 days after dismissing a tourists for 148 in a second innings.

Playing his initial Test for 18 months, a Pattinson ran by a frail Windies tip sequence to secure his fourth five-wicket transport in Test cricket.

Kraigg Brathwaite was a usually visiting batsman to uncover any insurgency during a Bellerive Oval with a studious 94.

Australia take a 1-0 lead in a three-match series, and could lapse to a tip of a ICC Test rankings if they finish a 3-0 array win with victories in Melbourne and Sydney.

Australia captain Steve Smith chose to make a follow-on after Josh Hazelwood and Peter Siddle took usually 5 overs to take a West Indies’ remaining 3 first-innings wickets.

There was time for Darren Bravo, 94 not out overnight, to finish his seventh Test century as West Indies posted a first-innings sum of 223 in response to Australia’s 583-4 declared.

Smith downplays aptness fears

Australia skipper Smith has “no doubt” he will be fit for a second Test in Melbourne starting on 26 Dec notwithstanding pang annoy in his knee and hip during Hobart.

Smith will lay out his Big Bash League side Sydney Sixers’ domestic fixtures opposite Sydney Thunder and Hobart Hurricanes after aggravating an damage in his right knee and straining his right hip.

Usman Khawaja could lapse to a patrol after blank a final dual Tests with a hamstring injury, though manager Darren Lehmann wants a Sydney Thunder batsman to infer his aptness in a Big Bash first.

“Usman’s initial got to be fit – if he’s not fit he won’t play, there’s no doubt about that,” Lehmann said.

More woes for a West Indies

West Indies quick bowler Shannon Gabriel will lapse home after pang an ankle damage in a initial Test defeat.

Gabriel could not bat in possibly innings after pang a stress-related damage to his left ankle late on a opening day on Thursday.

Could there be a saviour for West Indies cricket?

The West Indies have mislaid 7 of their 9 Test matches this year, with a win and a pull opposite England a usually positives for Caribbean cricket in 2015.

Brian Lara hints that he might join a West Indies coaching staff in a future

Amid a loom, Windies fable Brian Lara has suggested that could be tempted by a purpose on a West Indies coaching team.

Lara, 46, who has been personification festival cricket in Western Australia this week, told former Australia spinner Shane Warne on Twitter that he would be peaceful to assistance out manager Phil Simmons and his team.

Lara scored 11,953 Test runs in 131 Tests for a West Indies between 1990 and 2006.